hyper/README.md

# [hyper](https://hyper.rs)

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A Modern HTTP library for Rust.

### Documentation

- [Released](http://docs.rs/hyper)
- [Master](http://hyperium.github.io/hyper/master)

Get started by looking over the [guides](https://hyper.rs/guides).

## Overview

hyper is a fast, modern HTTP implementation written in and for Rust. It
is a low-level typesafe abstraction over raw HTTP, providing an elegant
layer over "stringly-typed" HTTP.

hyper offers both an HTTP client and server which can be used to drive
complex web applications written entirely in Rust.

hyper makes use of "async IO" (non-blocking sockets) via the [Tokio](https://tokio.rs) and [Futures](https://docs.rs/futures) libraries.

See the [Hello World](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper/blob/master/examples/hello.rs) example for a toy server using hyper.

Be aware that hyper is still actively evolving towards 1.0, and is likely
to experience breaking changes before stabilising. You can also see the [1.0 issue milestone](https://github.com/hyperium/hyper/milestone/1).